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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1940-41.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE —continued.

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For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund— £ £ £ continued. ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT —continued. VOTE —AGRICULTURE —continued. Subdivision No. IV. —Dairy Division. Charges for and incidental to — Cost of passage and expenses to and from London, Inspectors of Dairy-produce (additional) .. .. .. (a) 300 Total —Subdivision No. IV .. .. .. 300 Subdivision No. VI. —Animal Research Division. Charges for and incidental to — Grant to cover expenses of officer visiting Sydney and Melbourne .. .. ■ ■ • ■ • • (6) 66 Total—Subdivision No. VI ■ ■ ■ ■ — 66 Subdivision No. VII. —Payments under Statutes. Charges for and incidental to — Grant to New Zealand School of Agriculture (additional) .. (c) 6,000 Total—Subdivision No. VII .. .. 6,000 Subdivision No. VIII— Miscellaneous Services: Advances, Grants, Guarantees, Subsidies, &c. Charges for and incidental to — Conveyance and incidental expenses to bring body of deceased officer to headquarters (Wellington) . . . . (d) 8 Expenses of members of the Council of Primary Production, and incidental expenses of District Councils (additional) (e) 800 Total—Subdivision No. VIII .. .. 808 Gross Total .. .. .. ■■ 8,174 Ceedits-in-axd NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. .. 8,174 (a) Arrangements for return of an officer from London are now sufficiently far forward to show that costs for fares and furniture necessitate this extra provision. £150 provided in Main Estimates. (b) An officer (Assistant Bio-chemist) from Wallaceville Research Station is visiting Australia on matters relative to facial-eczema investigations. (c) Expansion of activities at Lincoln and Massey Colleges necessitates this increase in the annual provision under section 22 of the School of Agriculture Act, 1937. £27,000 provided in Main Estimates. (d) Officer (Chief Poultry Instructor) died suddenly on duty at Blenheim. (e) It was expected that a reduction of Council of Primary Production activities could be effected, but the national war needs have since necessitated that those activities be intensified. £200 provided in Main Estimates.